Day 8 of 135

Day 8: The Water Office Has No Water

On the second day of a three-day water interruption in a Laguna town, Wally (A), the water district's engineer, brings news to Glenda (B), head of customer relations, just as she is writing the statement for the afternoon press briefing.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

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  1. A

    Glenda, may update ako para sa statement mo. Pati tayo, wala nang tubig mula kaninang alas-siyete.

    Glenda, I've got an update for your statement. We're out of water too, since seven this morning.

  2. B

    Ano? Dito mismo sa opisina natin, wala ring tubig?

    What? Right here in our own office, there's no water either?

  3. A

    Ayos, pati ang opisina ng water district, nag-iigib na rin.

    Great, even the water district's office is hauling water now.

  4. B

    Wally, hindi ito oras ng biruan. Alas-tres ang briefing, at siguradong naamoy na ito ng mga reporter.

    Wally, this is no time for jokes. The briefing's at three, and the reporters have surely sniffed this out already.

  5. A

    Hindi ako nagbibiro. Si GM nga, nagsipilyo gamit ang mineral water.

    I'm not joking. Even the GM brushed his teeth with bottled water.

  6. B

    Ay, alam ko na. Kung lalabas din ito, mas mabuting tayo na ang unang magsabi.

    Oh, I've got it. If this is going to come out anyway, we'd better be the first to say it.

  7. A

    Ano'ng sasabihin mo, "Mahal naming mga customer, damay po kami"?

    And say what? "Dear valued customers, we're in the same boat"?

  8. B

    Halos ganoon: "Nag-iigib din po kami ngayon, patunay na wala kaming itinatagong tubig." Ano sa tingin mo?

    Pretty much: "We're hauling water too, which proves we're not hiding any." What do you think?

  9. A

    Panalo, may ngiti pero walang palusot. Idagdag mo lang kung kailan babalik ang tubig.

    That's a winner, a smile but no excuses. Just add when the water's coming back.

  10. B

    Sige, at ikaw ang katabi ko sa briefing. Magdala ka ng sariling inumin, wala tayong tubig.

    Okay, and you're sitting next to me at the briefing. Bring your own drink. We have no water.

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